Floor mop



Sept. 27,1927.

w. L. CROUCH FLOOR MOP Filed June 27, 1925 Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNITED 1,643,878 PATENT. orFi-ce.

w Mirna L. 'enooorr, or Bsas'rot, ee-nnncrrenr, essrenoa TO THEBLAKESLEY NOV- ELTY COMPANY, or narsironeonnaerrenr, A- CORPORATION oreoNmEorIeU-r.

FLOOR MOP.

Application filed June 27, 1925'. Serial No. 39,966.

My invention relates to that class of mops that are more commonly knownas wet mops,

and an object of my invention, among others,-

is the production of a mop of this class, that shall be extremelydurable and particularly efiicient in operation.

One form of mop embodying my invention and in the construction and useof which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained,is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a topview of my improved mop shown as opened out.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the mop opened out.

Figure 4 tached to a mop cured to a handle. I

Figure 5 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the mopmaterial.

My improved mop, in its preferred form, is composed of a strip or stripsof material that are woven or knitted int-o tubular form,

is a view showing the mop atframe, the latter being scas shown at 6 inFigure 5, this strip or these strips being folded and extended back andforth from end to end of the mop, and this mop structure may be composedof a s ngle or a plural number of these tubular pieces, in the preferredform a single strip being employed. This strip or these strips 7 arearranged in a number of plies 8 in each of a number of sections 9, whichsections are located side by side in close proximity to or touching eachother, the strip comprising one section being extended obliquely as at10 to form the next adjoining section and from that section to the nextand so on until the desired width of mop is obtained. For instance,beginning at the lengthwise center, a strip may be extended and foldedat one end of the structure, then extended to the opposite end of thestructure and folded, and it is then extended the whole length of thestructure and folded at each end and back to the center, from whichpoint it extends diagonally to the next strip.

The mop thus formed is composed of folds at each end and is, therefore,devoid of objectionable loose and separated ends that would soon ravelout and thereby produce a quantity of loose threads that wouldeventually become a tangled mass, and a mop constructed in accordancewith my idea has been found to be particularly efficient for cleaningpurposes.

This mop is attached to a frame 11 of any ordinary construction, whichframe is in turn secured to a handle 12, the mop being secured to theframe atabout its lengthwise center. It has been found, however, that inuse the strips soon become worn through at points underlying the edgesof the frame 11, this being occasioned by pressure exerted upon thisedge of the frame thatcauses the mop tobe pressed closely against thesurface being cleaned and a scrubbing action being thereby imparted tothe mop at this point. In order to overcome this objection I provide twowear strips 14: that consist of pieces of durable material passed aroundthe mop laterally at the points from the center where the edges 13 ofthe mop frame cause pres sure to be exerted upon the mop in use, thesewear strips being thus interposed underneath the edge of the mop frameand between it and the surface being cleaned, and therefore preventingundue wear upon the strips by reason of such pressure. These wear stripsare secured to the mop in any suitable manner, as by means of metalfasteners in the form of staples that are passed through the wear stripsand through the strips 7 and secured by bending over the ends of suchfasteners, the strip or strips 7 being of considerable width and,therefore, lending themselves very favorably to this manner offastening. If desired, a supporting strip 15 of the same construction asthe wear strip may be secured to the mop at substantially its lengthwisecenter, and this together with the wear strip securely hold the severalsections 9 and the plies thereof in position to maintain their form inthe customary use of the mop.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I havedescribed the principles of operation of my invention, together with thedevice which I consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but Idesire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrativeand that the invention may be carried out by such other means andapplied to such uses other than those above set out as fall within thescope of the appended claims.

I claim- I 1. A mop fabric comprising a plurality of sections ofmaterial arranged side by side and each including a number of plles,said sections being formed from a single fiat, tu-

bular strip extended diagonally from one section tdanother, and Wearstrips' ex'tnded laterally around the mop fabric at such distance fromthe center thereof as to receive the pressure of the mop frame in use.

2. A mop fabric comprising a plurality of sections of material arrangedside by side 1 section to another and means for securing the sectlonstogether intermediate the ends 15 thereof.

WALTER L. CROUCH.

